Sergei V. Vishnevskii

Sergei Vladimirovich Vishnevskii (15 April 1893-28 June 1967) was a Major-General of the Soviet Red Army who commanded the Soviet 32nd Army during World War II.

Biography
Sergei Vladimirovich Vishevskii was born on 15 April 1893 in Rogachev, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire. He served in the Imperial Russian Army's cavalry during World War I, and he would become a Red Army regimental commander during the Russian Civil War. In 1935, he was promoted to colonel, and he was briefly dismissed from command in 1938 during the Great Purge. In 1940, he became Assistant Inspector-General of the Cavalry of the Red Army, and he became the commander of the Soviet 32nd Army during Operation Barbarossa. From 3 October to 22 October 1941, he fought against the German Wehrmacht when he was encircled in the Vyazma Pocket, and he was imprisoned until 1945. He became a teacher at the Frunze Military Academy after the end of World War II, and he died in 1967.